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IN 1996, AN AMERICAN PUBLIC WHICH SPEAKS FAVORABLY ABOUT PAST IMMIGRATION AND CRITICALLY ABOUT CURRENT IMMIGRATION, BEGINS TO EXPLAIN THE PUBLIC'S OPINION OF MIGRATION. THE AUTHOR EXPLAINS THAT WHAT IS AT WORK IN THE IMMIGRATION BACKLASH, AND THE CULTURE OF MEANNESS IT HAS HELPED FOSTER, IS MORE THAN A FEAR OF NEWCOMERS. IT IS A LIFEBOAT ETHIC THAT SAYS AMERICANS AREN'T MAKING IT AS A NATION, AND THAT TAKING ON EVEN MORE PEOPLE CAN ONLY MAKE PROBLEMS WORSE.

Front Cover; Measuring the Benefits of Water Pollution Abatement; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1. Scope and Background; 2. Discharges and Ambient Environmental Quality; 3. The Dimensions of Ambient Water Quality; 4. Effects of Ambient Water Quality on Human Welfare; Chapter 2. Welfare Economics and the Basis of Benefit Measurement; 1. The Nature of Welfare Economics; 2. Basic Welfare Analysis; 3. Market Failure and Government Intervention to Ensure Market Efficiency; 4. Benefit Measures for Public Goods; Chapter 3. Economic Theory of Benefit Measurement.